6/17/25
The holiday season brings increased online activity, creating more opportunities for fraudsters to target consumers through scams, phishing attempts, account takeovers, and social engineering tactics. Taking proactive steps now can help protect you from fraud-related losses.
Tips to Protect Yourself Against Fraud
- Create strong passwords and avoid reusing them across accounts. Password managers can help securely store and manage credentials.
- Protect personal devices. Enable PINs, passwords, biometric authentication, Face ID, or fingerprint access on mobile devices, tablets, and computers.
- Use secure internet connections. Avoid accessing financial accounts or scheduling bill payments while connected to unsecured public Wi-Fi networks.
- Turn on multifactor authentication (MFA) whenever available. Additional verification steps help reduce the risk of unauthorized account access.
- Exercise caution with emails, text messages, and phone calls. Verify unexpected requests before clicking links, opening attachments, or sharing personal information.
- Monitor account activity regularly and set up alerts for new payees, profile changes, or payment activity.
- Keep software and devices updated. Security updates often address newly identified vulnerabilities and threats.